Type-distributer



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TYPE DISTRIBUTE}?- APPLICATION HLED SEPT. 30. 1914.

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ALEXANDER R. WILSON, or SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

TYPE-DISTRIBUTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 10, 1919.

Application filed September 30, 1914. Serial No. 864,280.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER R. W'IL- SUN, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the clty of Seattle, in the county of King and State of l'lashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type-Distributers, of which the following is a specificatlon.

The invention has for its primary object the provision of a machine or mechanism of the above character which is simple, durable in construction and efficient in operation. Other objects will be brought out as the description progresses.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, illustrating the preferred embodiment of my invention and wherein like characters of reference designate correspondlng parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 a plan view of the invention, with parts broken away,

Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation thereof,

. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view in horizontal section of the type escapement and shuttle mechanism,

Fig. 4 is an inverted view of the same on line 11 of Fig. 2, showing more particularly the rocker arm, valve and piston movements for the shuttle,

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary view in vertical cross section showing the piston for actuating the shuttle stops and delivery mechanism, with a fragmentary portion of the type fonts, taken on l1ne 55 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary plan view of the shuttle and delivery or feed mechanism.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the shuttle stop and delivery mechanism,

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary vertlcal cross sectional view through the key board taken on line 8 -8 of Fig. 1

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view taken on line 99 of Fig. 8, showing more particularly the air conduits in plates leading to the cylinders which operate the shuttle and feed mechanisms.

Fig. 10 is a plan View of the transverse member or brace between the side frames for supporting the oscillating cylinder and locking rods,

Fig. 11 is a fragmentary view in side elevation of the same,

more particularly the piston valves for the hoisting and oscillating cylinders,

Fig. 15 1s a fragmentary cross sectional view of the machlne with parts broken away and showing more clearly the disposition of the various cylinders, and

Fig. 16 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view taken on line 16-16 of Fig. 15.

To enable one to more readily grasp the idea of the invention, a brief description of the scheme of the machine and its operation will be given and a more detailed description will follow thereafter.

The type lines to be distributed are placed on a slide 1 and from this body of type lines 2, one type line 2 is lowered into a channeled holder 3. A suitable device 4: to be described,'is provided for this purpose. A type escapement member 5 sliding be tween the lower end of the channeled holder 3 and a frame plate 6, forces the lowermost type of the type line 2 into the shuttle 7 which latter slides back and forth in a slideway 8 in the machine frame. A plurality of superimposed fonts or type cases 9 are suitably arranged in the frame-work, and each is adapted to be brought into register with the slide-way 8 to have the type delivered to one or the other of its respectivepockets 9', it being understood, that there is a pocket 9 for each type character of each font. When a type is to be delivered to a certain pocket, the operator presses the key as 10 of a battery of keys 10 and thereby permits air pressure to flow through a conduit 11 leading to a type arrester 1:2 which enters the slide-way 8 at a point adjacent the proper type pocket 9' and arrests the type at that point, so that by suitable means to be described, the type is ejected into said pocket.

, Referring now more specifically to the invention, 14 designates a base and 15 side plates, and mounted on the side plates is a face plate 16 which is disposed at an angle the channeled type holder 3 extends over the type line slide l and the body of type lines 2 is drawn against said" flange" 3 by said slide 1, which has a flange 1 engaging behind the last type line of the body 2, and which slide itself is drawn along its slide- "w'ay 1" a cord or'other' flexible member 17, passing around pulley 18,,journaledin the face plate 16, and then to a fluid cylind'er 19"to be"described. t

' Beneath the slide wayforgthetypeslide 1 is arranged a cylinder '20 on the "face plate 16,?a'nd sai'd 'cylinder is provided with a small "cylinder 2l fcontaining a piston; 21 having connection with theitype ej'ector'or escapement member 5, which slides, as 'aforesaid, between the-frame plate 6 andthe said cylinder 20. At right angles to the member 5 is an arm 5 zwhich atone time'oenga'ges the 'projectingvalve stem' and* shifts its piston 'valves' 24 and 25 "to admit fluid 'pressure from the supply pipe 26throu'gh one or the other of ports 27', 28"to?one or. the other si'des'of' thesai'd ipiston 21' in cylinder chamber 21, the fiuid'pressure from said "chamber 2 1" escaping through one orthe "other .of'ports 27 ,"28, asithecase may be,-to one or the'other ofthe exhaust ports 29, or 30',iaccording to which, of the latter is "exposed by its respective'valve 24"or 25. Carried by the typeejector or'escapement member: 5"an'd slidingina slot 6, is a block 31 which atone limit ofi'ts movement strikes the uppenend of'a' lever *32 which is pivoted .at "32 to the" frame-work of the machine. Theilo'wer end of this 'lever32 connects at 32t'o'the stem 33: carrying the reversing stopgarni 34' and valves 35 and 36 which .con'trol'ithe passage iof fluid pressure to one or the other sides of the shuttleiactuating piston 37, upon the"steni.37." of which latter, the shuttle 7 is carried. The valve,35 controls, theeXhaust port 35"and port 35,- the latterleadingfromone end of a cylinder 38 iii-which the valves 35, 3(Sopera'te, while the valve, 36 controls the exliaust port36, and port 367," the latter, leading fromthe oppositeend of' thecylinder 38. The ports 35 and 36' admit'lfluidpressure/to oneor' the other sides of the shuttle-operating piston 37 to recip'rocate"the same within the said slidc-way 8. 4 V Q The operation of the type ejector or es- 'capement member 5 and shuttle is as follows; Fluid pressure being constantly supplied to pipe 26, upon depression of any one of the keys I O, setting ,of the valves 24, 25 as will be later described takes place, and the fl-uid pressure will then enter port 28 and get behind piston 21, forcing the same and the type ejectoror escapment member 5 iteth s eft, ar ng th lev n s t p of'the lowered type line 2 with it and placing the same in the shuttle 7, where it is held and carried along'the slide-way 8 as '36 to he ri ht coverin ort 35 and uncovering port 36". The fluid pressure flows tliiou'gh'the latter and behind the'piston" 37, carrying: the latter to the left and with it its stem 37" and shuttle 7, which latter travels along the slide-way "8, delivering its type as it gbes," and eventually 'encou-ntei'ing. the reve'rsing stop arm 34, and through its contact w1th"thelatter,sh1ft1ng-the valves 35 e and 36 to' their former' positions at the" left, 'closing port 36 and uncovering 'po1't 35 so that the fluid pressure supplied through co11- duit 38 passes throughsaid p'ort '35 into the cylinder chamber 37""and forces thepiston'- again to the right, carrying with the shuttle '7 back" to positi'oirtoreceiv'e another yp Tlie'shuttle 7 comprisesa base plate'to which the valve stem 37 is attachedyand -at the left end of' this base, extends upwardly Fig. 5. "Toithe'inner side ofthe innerfront wall of the housing 7"is"-attached' a-zleaf spring 4:0, itsfattachingcnd 40" serving as a shoulder agalnst'which'the type 2 is placed "by 'the ejector or type escape-iiient I of the :upper [and lower walls of-the housing, on the rear side thereofflare,respectively "provided with camsh and 42, arranged one above the other andihaving"theininclined1 j ffaces directed toward the closed front wall of the housing 7, for aj purpose to-be' dei scribed.

The mechanism A for arresting the trans. .portation of the type by the shuttle and'jfor ejecting it therefrom into, its respective pocket of the font to re ceive the samefconsists of the following: -Adj ac'ent each font pocket 9" is an arrester'plate 4e frictionally reciprocating inaj-way 44", being resisted in its movement by the engagement of its integral struck up spring 44 with thef'side wallof the way A; This plate is connected formovement' with a piston 45 through a depending arm 46, whereby said plate ll is, when w, the piston is operated,projected into the slide-way 8 intothe path of the shuttle, its movement being arrested by contact of its arn1,4c6 with"the stop 16of the face plate 16 as shown in Fig. 5."I t will'bjeobserved that the plate 44 enters the-housing 7 of the shuttlefbetween" the wall portions 7 thereof, and its forked outer end 47 prossesses "videspassage room in the nature of a notch 48 for the shuttle spring 40. The ends 47, *WllllG not obstructing free. passage of the shuttle,"projectsufficiently far to enigage'the type carried bythe shuttle and to arrest further-progress 'of said type. When so arrested, the shuttle moves on to engageits reversi ng stop arm 34 and thereby to be returnedfbut prior to its return, the saidtype vvill' have been 5 deposited in its respective pocket 9. slidably arranged an ejector plate 50 which is normally heldin' the position illustrated in Fig. 7 by aspring 50, and atits outer Upon the arrester plate 44 is end theplate 50'is provided with a cross arm '51 having its ends 52 projecting above and beloiv-thesame and said ends having beveled faces With Which-engage the shuttle cams 41 42 aforementioned. The' piston 45, for each type arrester 44, has its outer endbeveled as at 45, see Fig. 7, and with this beveled end engages a-cam 45 carried on the upper side of the base of the shuttle 7 The operating of the type arresting and ejecting mechanism is as follows: The oper= 'a'tor depresses one of the keys 10, as the one 10, and fluid pressure is admitted from the valve of said key as Will be described, and until specifically described. can be observed in Fig. 8, and flowinginto condut 11 passes into the respective cylinder 53, see Fig. 5, containing said piston 45 of the arresterplate 44. 1 It will be understood that each of said keys 10 has its respective conduit 11 leading to its particular piston 45 of its respective type arrester plate 44, so

that the type corresponding to the key de- KPI'GSSGd Will be delivered into its proper -fontpocket 9. The piston 45 is then forced outwardly and" consequently projects the ar- "rester plate ends47into the path of the type carried by the shuttle 7 The movement of the type being arrested, shuttle 7 moves onward and in its progress, its cams 41 42 engage the projecting ends 52 of the ejector plate 50 and the latter is drawn toward the arrested type against the pressure of-the spring 50- until the type is positively forced from beneath the holding spring 40 and delivered into its respective font pocket 9.

After'the ends 52 pass over-the cams 41,

42 the plate 50 is retracted to its original position by the spring 50. As' the shuttle progresses a little farther, its base cam 45 engages the beveled end 45 of the piston 45, forcing the same and its arrester plate back to their normal or inactive position, it being understood that this is made possible by the fact that the key-board key having returned long since to its normal position, fluid pressure back of the plston 45 no longer exists. I

Referring to the key-board mechanism,

each key is provided With a stem 55 provided at it lower end with a piston'valve 55 and returning spring 55", and each key is arranged Within a block casing 56 having passages 56 leading to a source offluid pressure supply 57, and each -keyvalve-has its respective conduit 11, as shown fill Fig. 11, and illustrated by a single example in Fig. 1, which conduit, as stated, foreach keyyleadsto one of the SitiClefllI'GStGl plate cylinders 53. WVhen a key is depressed, the

fluid pressure flows from the main 57 through the' pas'sages 56 tOWlIlGhGVGI key is depressed, thence through the valve of said key and into'its respective conduit 11.

To the left end of the Valve chainber containing valves, 24,25, a small port 59 is SllOWIfBlltQllligStl-ld chamber, and'this port is in communication With a conduit 60, and this conduit has communication through ports 61 With the interiors of all ofthe cylinder chambers of the arrester pistons 45,

as illustrated in Fig. 5. On the end ofthe valve stem 22, seeFig. 3, a third head 62 is provided, hich serves as a piston to actuate thesaid valves 24 and 25. The object of this last mentioned construction is that Whenever a key is depressed to drop its type arrester plate 44 through the medium of its piston 45, the tfluld pressure from Whichever cylinder 53 is effectechpasses through the port 61 in said cylinder upon said port being uncovered by the piston 45 as the latter reaches the end of its stroke, and from said port 61, the fluid pressure flows through the conduit 60' and port 59'into the valve chamber of thevcylinder 20 of Fig. 3. It Wlll be recalled that the type escapement member 5 last pushed thevalvestem 22 to the left bycontact therewith, thereby causmg the valve 24'to uncover the port 27 to allow the fluid pressure to return the piston 21 to its right hand position as illustrated 'in Fig. 3, andalso that the shuttle 7 has returnedtoits normalright hand position. lvhile the piston 21 has returned to its right hand posltlon, the valves 24 and 25 remain at their left hand positions and forthat reason the piston 21 cannot again operate to operates the piston 45 for said arrester plate, passes on and shifts the valves 24 and 25 to render the piston 21 and type escapement member 5 operable one time to the left and back to a position of rest at the right after shifting the valve stem 22 to the left. They remain'at rest until another key is struck to force the end type line from slide 1 into the distributing channeled holder 3. The pack or body of type 2 to be distributed is constantly drawn against the stop flange 3 of the holder by the cord 17 and its fluid cylinder 19.

The font shifting mechanism will now be described. It is understood that the inven tion is not adapted to the distributing of type of only one style, but is capable of use -with different styles of type, and it only becomes necessary for the operator to manipulate the lever shown at the left hand side of the key-board 10 in Fig. 1, to select the proper font for the particular type being distributed and thereby bring such proper font into juxtaposition with the shuttle 7 and the slide-way 8. To facilitate this, the fonts 9 are superimposed and are suitably secured to font slides 66, the securing means being either in the nature of rivets 66 (see Fig. 15) or of a detachable nature to permit interchanging of the fonts. These font slides 66, which are on opposite sides of the fonts, reciprocate in ways 66 in the side frame members 15, and are held in said ways by an inverted channel bar 67 having depending right angular ends 67 secured at 67 to the side frame members 15, and against this bar 67, the lowermost font when the entire stack is lowered, rests, in which position of the stack, the uppermost font registers with the way 8 to receive the type from the shuttle 7. As illustrated in Fig. 10, the ends 67 are slotted or cut-out to receive detent selector arms 68 which are fixed on the outer ends of a rock shaft 69,

which latter is journaled in and extends longitudinally of the channel bar 67 The rock shaft 69 preferably comprises two sections, and upon their inner ends, or upon the central portion of the rock-shaft 69 as a whole, is fixed a fluid pressure cylinder 70, which rocks in parallelism with the swinging selector arms 68 when the latter are actuated by means 71 to be described. The cylinder 7 0 contains a piston 72 having a stem 7 2 and a horizontal head 72 on the lower end of the said stem. Slidable within the lower ends of the selector arms 68 are locking pins 73 which are adapted to interlock with selected ones of a series of apertures 73 formed in the inner faces of the font slides 66. These pins 73 are entered into head 72" of the piston 72, and the links themselves are under tension of springs 74: connected thereto and to the channel bar 67.

The font shifting handle or lever 65 is pivoted mid-way its length at 65' to an arm 65 and the latter is fixed to a tubular rock shaft 75 containing a valve operating rod 76 pivoted at one of its ends at 75 to the lower end of the said lever 65 and being under the action of the spring 7 5 to normally placethe said lever 65 in one or the other of the notches 77 of the segment 77, said segment being fixed at the left hand side of the key-board '1 to the machine frame-work. WVhen the tubular shaft 75 is rocked by the swinging of the lever 65, the selector arms 68 for the font slide locking pins are actuated through the medium of a lever arm 78 fixed to said tubular shaft 75, link 78, lever arm 7 8 on a second shaft 7 9, and a second lever arm 79on the same shaft 7 9, to which latter arm 7 9 the link 71 previously referred to connects. This link71, it will be remembered pivotally connects with the selector arms 68 to swing the same. The valve operating rod 76within the said tubular shaft 7 5 connects with a sliding block 7 6 to which is connected by a pin 76 a cross head 80 on the outside of the rock shaft 75, and to this cross head is connected one end of a valve stem 81 carrying'valves 82 and 83 operating within a chamber 84' of a casing 84 through which the "rock shaft 75 passesand in which it is journale d. The valves cover and uncover exhaust ports 8st and 84C and conduits 85 and 86 to permit flow of fluid pressure fromsupply pipe 87'to the ing mechanism. Upon the right hand end of the said tubular rock'shaft 75 is a lever arm 88 which has a friction or slipping engagement or connection with the stem of a font raising valve 89 by means of a coupling 88, said valve stem being indicated by numeral 89 The said valve 89 is com posed oftwo heads which control two exhaust ports 90 in the cylinder 90, and further control the passage of the fluid pres sure from the supply pipe 90 to one or the other of the pipes 91, 92. As illustrated in Fig. 15, these pipes 91 and 92 connect 93, and the upper ends of these stems 93 are fixed or otherwise connected with the said pressure cylinder 70 of the font shifti 76, slides the cross lever 65 is notches 77. The lever 65 is then turned to-,

lowermost font 9 to raise and lower the entire stack of fonts. To check the move ment of the fonts and to ease the action thereof in general, an oil cylinder or dash pot 94 is arranged between the two cylinders 93 and contains a perforated piston 94 on a stem 94, which latter is likewise connected with the lowermost font in the same manner as the stem 93". The oil contained in the cylinder 94 in being compelled to flow through the perforations in the piston 94 causes the retardation of movement.

The operation of the font shifting mechanism is as follows: When the operator wishes to bring a new font into position to receive the type from the shuttle, he pulls out the lever 65 at the left hand side of the keyboard, and in doing so pushes in the stem head 80 and moves the valves 82, 83 to respectively uncover the exhaust port 84" and conduit 85 permitting the fluid pressurefrom pipe 87 to flow through the conduit 85 to the upper end of the cylinder 7 O to depress the piston 72 thereof. This depression causes downward movement of the head 72 and the links 74 pull the lock pins 73 inwardly out of the locking apertures 7 3. This occurs whenever the pulled out of one of the segment ward the operator which causes the tubular rock shaft to be rocked, and this movement of said shaft 75 causes the link 88 to pull the valves 89 to the position illustrated in Fig. let so that the fluid pressure flows through the branches of pipe 92 to the lower ends of font shifting cylinders 93 forcing the pistons thereof upwardly, moving the type fonts with them. This raising of the fonts is materially retarded by the dash pot 94:, at least to the extent that the operator has had time to release the lever 65 before the font shifting mechanism has moved the distance beween any two of the locking apertures 73. The lever 65 having been released before the locking pins 7 3 reach the next succeeding locking aperture 73, the valves 82, 83 will have been reversed through the spring 7 5 and stem 76 in conjunction with the eross head 80, and the direction of flow of the fluid pressure to the cylinder will likewise have been reversed so that the pressure is on the under side of the piston 72 and the locking pins 73, under such pressure and that of the springs 74: will then have been setread for entering whichever locking aperture 73 is selected for said pins73 to enter. The selection of thefdesired apertures 73 for the locking pins 73 to enter is made possible by the fact that the entire series of said apertures In making the font selection, the operator shifts the lever 65 to the segment notch 7 7' corresponding to the desired font to be brought into position. This movement of the lever 65 causes the rock shaft to move 70 as just described and through the medium of the lever arm 78, link 7 8, lever arm 7 8, rock shaft '7 9, lever arm 79 and link 71, the selector arms 68 with the locking pins set ready to enter an aperture 73 are moved into 75 line withthe aperture 7 3 corresponding to the font selected. Meanwhile, the fonts are being raised by their pistons 93 and as soon as the desired font comes adjacent the delivery mechanism, the locking pins73 will be found to be adjacent the apertures 73 corresponding to that font, and said pins will promptly enter said apertures to lock the fonts at that point with the selected font in proper position. It will be understood that the lever 65 may be moved in either direction to correspondingly rock the shaft 75, selector arms 68 and valve 89, and in either direction the action is the same, the locking pins being set ready to enter the selected locking apertures 73 as the font stack is being slowly moved up or down by the pistons 93.

The friction coupling 88 is adopted to afford slippage between the link 88 and the 95 valve stem 89 for the following reason. The extent of the throw of the lever 65 does not control the extent of the movement of the said valves 89, but merely controls the extent of movement of the selector arms 68, yet the rocking movement of the shaft 75 caused by the movement of the lever 65, whether the latter is moved one or several notches 77, is utilized to shift the valves 89. If the lever 65 is moved more than one notch 77 then slippage of the coupling 88 takes place after the initial movement of the stem 89 ias taken place to set the said valves 89.

Briefly, the complete operation is as follows: The key 10 is struck to supply fluid pressure to cylinder 4 causing the kicker foot to deliver a type line to the distributing .channel holder 3. A key 10 of the set 10 is then depressed to supply fluid pressure to its respective cylinder 53, see Fig. 5, causing the piston 4L5 to project the type arrester plate 50. Part of the fluid pressure passes through conduit 60 and port 59 into the valve chamber of the cylinder 20 of Fig. 3. The fluid, ressure then shifts the valves 24; and 25 to t e right hand posi tion. as shown in Fig. 3 permitting the piston 21 to be operated to the left by fluid pressure from pipe 26 passing through port 28. As the piston 21 moves to the left, the type ejector 5 correspondingly moves to force the end type 2" into the shuttle 7 which is at rest as shown in Fig. 3 ready to receive said type. As the type ejector 5 dc .3 is admitted behind piston 37 .to force thetime the block 31 operates, the valve lever- 6 posits the type in the shuttle 7, its block .31

engages the lever 32 and the latter is thereby moved to shift the valves 36- to. the right, see Fig. 4:, whereupon fluid pressure 32' to operate the shuttle mechanism, ,the valve stem 22 is engaged. by the :arm 5 of'the. type ejector, and. the:valves.2l, 25

movedv to the left, causing fi'iiidi'pressurefrom pipe 26 to. pass througli passage 27 .to return the piston 21 and type c] ector; to the right handposition, where they remaln at rest until another key'of set 10 is struck.

During-.the time theatype-i ejector is being restored to its right hand position, Fig. 3,

the shuttle 7 is;.moving to the left, dis-- tributing. the type, and uponcontact With the. valve.reversing,;-arm 84 being also re stored to its normal or right hand position of'rest, as.inFig. 3...

Whatds claimedis:

1. A' type distributing machine, comprising. aeshuttle, means forplacingthetype in the shuttle and; means for operatingthe:

shuttle, type receivers, and means forarresting thetype adjacent its. respectivetypereceiver and for entering it therein Without arresting movement of the shuttle.

2.,A type distributor, comprising a recip.-

rocatingshuttle, means for inserting. a type. therein, a series oftype receivers in the path.

of' the shuttle, means adjacent each ztypereceiver for. arresting. the type. and for enter.-

lngit infthe receiver wlthoutarresting movement of:the. shuttle, andmeans forselectively operating any one of. said arresting 7 means.

3. A type distributor, comprising a travelmg: shuttle, means for. insertlng altype therein, aseries of type receivers along the... path :of the. shuttle, a. series. of :type arresters along. thepath of the. shuttle and each ar- IGStGl bGlIlQiLSSOClZUZGCl with one. of the type. receivers, means. for selectively moving any oneof the arresters into the path of thetype in theshuttle withoutarresting movementz.

. of the shuttle, andjineans-associated with each arrester: for. enteringthe. arrested Itypeinto.

its. respective. receiver.-.

L3. A -type .distributer; comprisingta traveling :shuttle, means. forrinserting a typetherein, aseries: of type receivers alongthe path of the shuttle, a seriesoftypearrestersalong the pathofthe shuttle andeach arrester be:

ing. associated avith oneiofithe type receivers, means for selectivelymovingany oneof the. arrestersinto. thepathbf. the type inthe shuttle, and means operatedby. the-shuttle '1 forenteringrthe arrested type ,.into ..its..ree5 spective receiver. i

.5. A type ditributer, comprising a trav eling; shuttle, means for inserting a typetherein, a series of type receivers along the path of thesh'uttle, a series of type arresters along the path of the shuttle, each arrester. being associated. With oneof the receivers, means for selectivelyoperating any oneof the arresters to remove the. type from the shuttle and enter it into its respective recei ver without arresting movement of' the a shuttle, said first means being set into. operation. by the actuation'ofanyone of'thesaid arresters. V

(S. A-typedistributer, comprisinga trav- 30 eling shuttle, means for insertingtype there 7 in, a series of type receivers along the path. of the shuttle, a seriesof typearresters along; the path of the shuttle, each arresterbeing. associated with" one .of the receiver's, means for selectivelyv operating. any one ofthe a1: resters to remove theftypeifrom the.shuttle andenter it intoits respective receiver, .a piston for operatingthe first means, a. valve for said piston. and; adapted to be reversed by, contact'with the same, and..means for. ini.-. tially setting.- said. valve .u'pon actuation .of. any one ofthe-said .arresters;

7.". Atype distributer, comprisingra travel; 7 ing shuttle, means for insertingtypetherein, a series of type receivers, .a series. ofjtype a-rre'sters each associated fWith .oneaiof: there-. ceivers, fluid. pressure means for. selectively. operating, any one of thearresters to. remove the type from the shuttle and .GIlteI'ltilIltO 10 its respective receiver, fluid pressure means for operatingthefirstmeans, and a valvefor. controlling the movements ofthelast means, said valve being; initially. setcby the fluid pressure from the first fluid :pressure meansuponlactuation of anyoneof. the. type arresters.

8. A type :distributer, comprising; a .traveling shuttle, means for inserting type .therein, a series of typereceivers, a seriesof type arresters.-. each associated; With .one. of the receivers, fluid pressure means for selec: V tively. operatingany one'..of thewarresters to remove the type from theashuttle and enter:

it intents respective. receiver,.a..piston.for operating the firstmeans: in two: directions a reversible, valve-adapted to be. reversed by said first means, .a .piston -on said lvalve for initially. setting it, .said. 1 piston being, actirated by fluidppressure. suppliedlfrom and :120

uponactuation of any. one of the first. ,flilid: pressure: means; j f 1 V 9. A type distributor, comprising. agsln t I tle, aiseriesof; type receivers along the path traveled therebly, means. on. the. shuttle. afar, 1255 holding a type,.. an .arrester adapted to: en-

gage, andlremoveithe typeezfroin the. shuttle, and means on the farrester. operated bythe. V

-move the type from the shuttle,

tle, a type receiver along shuttle for entering the type into its respective receiver, said arrester being returned to its normal position by the shuttle.

10. A type distributer, comprising a shuttle, a type receiver along the path traveled thereby, means on the shuttle for holding a type, an arrester adapted to engage and rea normally retracted ejector on said arrester, and means whereby the ejector is projected by the shuttle to place the type in its receiver.

11. A type distributer, comprising a shutthe path traveled thereby, a yielding type holder on the shuttle, a type arrester adapted to be projected to arrest the type and remove it from the type holder, a normally retracted ejector on the arrester, and cam means on the shuttle adapted to operate the ejector to enter the type into its receiver.

12. A type distributer, comprising a shirt tle, a spring type holder thereon, cams on the shuttle, a type arrester, a type ejector thereon normally retracted, a type receiver along the path traveled by the shuttle and adjacent the arrester, means for projecting the arrester to arrest the type and remove it from the spring holder, means on the ejector for engagement with one of said shuttle cams to project the ejector, and means on the arrester for engagement with the other shuttle cam for retracting the arrester.

13. A type distributer, comprising a shuttle, receivers along the path traveled thereby to receive the type therefrom, means for reciprocating the shuttle, means for placing a type-into said shuttle, means for operating the shuttle controlled in its forward movement by the type placing means, and means at the end of the forward travel of the shuttle to be engaged by the latter to reverse the shuttle operating means.

14. A type distributor, comprising a shuttle, receivers for the type therefrom, means for delivering the type to the shuttle, a piston for operating said shuttle, avalve for admitting fluid pressure to opposite sides of the piston, means operated by the delivering means for moving the valve to admit fluid pressure ton, and means carried by the valve 'for movement by the shuttle to reverse the valve and admit fluid pressure to the other end of the piston.

15. A type distributer, comprising a shuttle, receivers for the type therefrom, a shuttle operating piston, a valve and its stem, a lever connected with said stem and adapted to move the valve in one direction to admit fluid pressure to move the shuttle piston forwardly, an arm on said valve stem adapted to be engaged by the shuttle and to move the valve in the opposite dito one end of the pis- 'riage,

rection to admit fluid pressure to move the shuttle piston rearwardly, and type delivcring means for placing type 1n the shuttle and being adapted to operate said lever.

16. In a type distributer, type delivery mechanism, a series of type receivers, means for shifting any one of said receivers into register with said delivey mechanism, said means including a fluid pressure motor, locking means, and means for setting the motor in operation and for actuating the locking means upon the desired receiver coming into register with the said delivery mccln-mism.

17. In a type distributer, type delivery mechanism, a series of type receivers shiftable to bring any one thereof into register with the delivery mechanism, locking means for securing the receivers in their shifted positions, a series of stops for cooperation with said locking means, and means for selectively engaging the locking means with any desired one of said stops.

18. In a type distributer, type delivery mechanism, a series of type receivers Shlft able to bring any one thereof into register with the delivery mechanism, a shifting motor, locking means for securing the receivers in their shifted positions, a series of stops cooperating with said locking means, and means for operating the shifting motor and for selectively controlling the engagement of the locking means with any desired one of the said stops. 7

19. In a type distributer, type delivery mechanism, a series of type receivers shiftable to bring any one thereof into register with the delivery mechanism, a carriage for the receivers, a series of stops at an angle to the line of travel of the carriage, locking means, and means for shifting the carriage, and means for selectively engaging the locking means with any desired one of the said stops.

In a type distributer, type delivery mechanism, a series of type receivers shiftable to bring any one thereof into register with the delivery mechanism, a carriage for the receivers, means for moving the carriage, a series of locking devices on the carthe series being arranged at an angle to the line of travel of the carriage, and a pivoted locking member movable laterally to the line of travel of the carriage for selective engagement with any desired one of said devices.

21. In a type distributer, type delivery mechanism, a series of type receivers shiftable to bring any one thereof into register with the delivery mechanism, a shifting device, means for locking any receiver in register with the delivery mechanism, and a controller for setting the shifting device in operation in two directions selectively and for selectively locking any desired receiver shifter,- compri-si-ng a IGCGlVQY'CQIIfIZIgQ, a

fluidrpressure motor for moving the same in UVOxdllGCtlQllS, a rock shaft, means controlled by the rock shaft whereby themotor Will be actuated in oneldirectionor the other 7 according tothedirection in which the rock tions according to and through the setting 7 of the-valvemechanlsm, a type receiver car directions by sa d i shaft is moved,lever for actuating said rock shaft, and means controlled by-the lever for locking the receiversin any of the shifted positions.

24.; In a type distributor, a type receiver shifter, comprising a roclrshaft, valve mech-- anism-actuated in two directions thereby, fluld pressure devlces actuated in two direcrl-age actuated in two fluid pressure device, selective actuative mechanismfor rocking-the shaft, a valve controlled. by-the selective mechanism, a fluid pressurecylinder, said last valve adapt,-

edytosupply-fluid pressure to said cylinder to! actuate its piston in tWo directions, lociing means for the carriage movable into locked andunlocked positions by and according-to themovements of said piston, a series of stops arranged atan angle to the line of movement of the carriage, and means actuated by the-roclc-shaft for selectively moving the-locking means into position for engagemenmwithany desired one of said stops.

25.111 combination, a typecarrier, a type anrester, and means carriedvby the arrester actuated by. thettype, carrier to remove the type from the pathof the carrier. 7

26d In-combination, {a type carrier, a type arrester, and means actuated by the carrier l-pass gtome ovethe the, path of thecarrien,

27. In combination, a traveling type car arrestedrtype from rier, a type arrester and means; for remov ing the typefromtheLarrester, the type oarrier. containing means acting. to successively remove the typefrom the arrester and then ,5

for. removing the arrester to its inoperative position while passing said parts 2 ni a typeodistrii u erre ype c r i means, for placing:ajtypetherein, means for moving the type carrier over a definite route, elec lre means olnr mo lngahe ypefrm at any one of ser esof pomts.

its carrier and. meansactuated by saidjcarrier in passing to insert the typein a font: v

29 .-In a type distributer, a type carrier, means for, moving definite route, type receivers disposed along said route, type arresters adapted-toremove the type from the carrier-and. means carried.

e;type;anresters andactuated bythe carrier} for, placing the arrested type in; a reoeiven;

said type oarrierover a 30.-In oombination, atype carrier, a type arrester, movable transversely of the pathof the carrier, and engaging means carried by t the carriepand arreste'rlto' move the latter bythe former to shift the of the path. of the carrien:

31. A reciprocating'type 'arrester, means type laterally out for moving thearrester into type arrestingposition, and means actuated by the type carrier-for further movement of the arrester to place the type into its storage pocket. i

Signed at 1 Seattle, Washington, this 1st day of August, 1914.

p ALEXANDER- R. WILSON, Witnessesz- 7 EssmL. Con, OAMUS E, GATES.

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